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166 POEMS.
Nature in awe to him
Hath dofft her gaudy trim,
With her great Matter fo to fympathize :
It was no feafon then for her
To wanton with the fun her lufty paramour.
Only with fpeeches fair
She woos the gentle air
To hide her guilty front with innocent fnow,
And on her naked fhame,
Pollute with finful blame,
The faintly veil of maiden white to throw,
2.
Confounded, that her Maker's eyes
Should look fo near upon her foul deformities.
But he her fears to ceafe,
3.
Sent down the meek-ey'd Peace j
She crown'd with olive green, came foftly Aiding
Down through the turning fphere
His ready harbinger,
With turtle wing the amorous clouds dividing,
And waving wide her myrtle wand,
She ftrikes an univerfal peace through fea and land.
No war, or battle's found
Was heard the world around:
The idle fpear and fhield were high up hung,
The hooked chariot flood,
4.
Unftain'd with hoftile blood,
The trumpet fpake not to the armed throng,
And kings fat ftill with awful eye,
As if they furely knew their fovereigu Lord was by.